Tokyo, January 24, 2005-NEC Corporation
announced today that the sales of its point-to-point wireless
access system "PASOLINK" recorded over 200 thousand system in total
for the global market.
NEC launched its first PASOLINK product in the mid 1980s, supplying
18GHz PASOLINK systems to a leading telecom operator in UK. Since
then, business has expanded to a worldwide scale. Recently, due to
the rapid expansion of mobile networks, many operators deploy
PASOLINK to connect radio base stations to speedily facilitate
rapid and simple installation of mobile infrastructure. Sales of
NEC's PASOLINK exceeded 50,000 units in FY 2000, 110,000 units up
to the beginning of FY2003.
The number has rapidly expanded recently due to the large-scale,
long-term contract with mobile operators not only in Europe but
also other countries such as China, Russia and India which recorded
over 200,000 as in December 2004. The rapid growth of the business
is attributable to NEC's long-standing experience, competence,
advanced and high-quality technologies, and its leading position in
the global microwave communication systems market. Currently NEC
holds leading position in this market.
PASOLINK is chiefly designed for telecom carriers' backhaul,
business and emergency networks. It offers simple and highly
reliable fixed wireless solutions. PASOLINK is a PDH/SDH microwave
system which offers a variety of systems to cover small to large
capacity requirements. The systems operate at various radio
frequency bands ranging from 4 to 52 GHz and a maximum traffic
capacity of 2 X 155 Mbps.
It is applicable to various solutions such as mobile network
infrastructure to connect base stations, business user links,
private networks, LAN/WAN interconnection and back up for optical
fiber networks. NEC's PASOLINK allows for simple installation,
speedy service introduction and, efficient and economical solutions
for day-to-day transmission as well as emergency situations.
NEC offers a wide range of PASOLINK series, that is, PASOLINK,
PASOLINK Mx and PASOLINK+. PASOLINK features Ethernet interface
functions and adds ATPC (Automatic Transmitter Power Control)
functions to further improve transmission quality.
PASOLINK Mx features the world's largest capacity of 80 Mbps (40 x
2 Mbps) within the bandwidth of 28 MHz by 16QAM. It enables the
easy and rapid expansion of broadband and mobile network
infrastructure such as 3rd generation (3G) and mobile multimedia
application services, without disrupting the current licensed
bandwidth. The new product employs DSP technology-based spectrum
shaping and 16QAM modulation to realize the large capacity.
PASOLINK+ features to cover the large capacity (STM-1 - 2xSTM-1)
with narrow bandwidth(28MHz bandwidth by 128QAM modulation). It
contributes to effective use of frequency band.
NEC will continue to expand its PASOLINK business to meet the
demands of emerging 3G, mobile internet and IP network markets to
gain a leading position in the mobile solution arena.
Media Contact:
Akiko Shikimori
TEL: 81-3-3798-6511
FAX: 81-3-3457-7249
E-mail : maiito:a-shikimori@ay.jp.nec.com